Supporting means for ironing boards



March 11 1924.

F. GRAF SUPPORTlNG MEANS FOR IRQNING BOARDS Filed Sept. 6. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. M

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March 11 1924. 1,486,575 F. GRAF SUPPORTING MEANS 'FOR IRONING BOARDS Filed Sept. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

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Patented Mar. 11, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1,486,575 PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK GRAF, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN SUPPORTING MEANS FOR IRONING BOARDS.

Application filed September 6, 1921. Serial No. 498,840.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, FREDERICK GRAF, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Supporting Means for Ironing Boards, of which the following is a description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which are a. part of this specification.

This invention relates toim rovements in supporting means for ironing oards.

One of "the objects of the invention is to rovide novel and rigid sup orting means or an ironing board of sucii construction that the board ma be positioned vertically when not in use, ut readily swung to the horizontal position when it is desired to use it.

A further object of the invention is to roiiide su porting means for the ironing board in t e form of a cabinet which is adapted to be ositioned a ainst or built into the wall 0 a room an which is provided with novel mounting means for the ironing board so that the board may be positioned vertically inside the cabinet when not in use or conveniently swung to the horizontal position when it is desired to use it, whereby when the board is not in use, it is hidden from view and the adding thereon iskept clean ready for use w enever desired.

In the preferred form of my invention the supporting member or cabinet is formed or provided with a pair of op ositely disposed, vertically extending gui eways each of which is formed at its u per end with a rounded laterally ofi'set ang downwardl extending portion, the guideways being adaptedto receive trunnions carried by the board at one end so that that end of the board is pivotally and slidably connected with the supporting member or cabinet, supporting means being provided for the other end of the board, referably in the form of leg, -the ends 0 which are hingedly co' ected to the board and the supporting mom or or cabinet, respectively, whereby the boar may be swung into vertical position when ot in use but readily ,swung to the hori.ontal position whentit 1S desired to use it; and a further object of the, invention is to 'ovido means to lock the first'inentioned an of the board againstinovement relative to t is supporting member or cabinet when th board upon a suitable supportin My invention contemplates the provision of a second board, preferably a relativel small board, on which sleeves and smal articles may be conveniently: ironed which is hinged'ly connected at one end tothe supporting member or cabinet; and a further object of the invention is to provide a supporting-leg for said small board which is so connected to said board and the supportin member or cabinet that when the large boar and the small board are in horizontal position said supporting le bears tightly against the ad acent end 0 the lar e board and efiectively'locks that end of tie large board against movement relative to the supporting member or cabinet.

The invention consists in the novel constructions and arrangements to be hereinafter described and claimed for carrying out the above stated objectsand such other objects as will "appear from the following description of a certain preferred embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawin s whereimi 1 is a front elevational view of a cab net built into a wall and adapted to form the supporting means for the ironing board;

' Fig.2 is a sectional view taken on the line 85 2-2 ofFi 1, the two ironing boards being in vertica the cabinet; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing t e ironing boards in horizontal position ready for use; s

Fig. 4 is a sectional view. on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of one of the guideways showing- 'i"tic1ilarly the offset ortirm provided at the upper end thereo v Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several yiews. a

Referring now to the drawings, it willbe' seen that the ironing boards are mounted in a cabinet which serves both as a supporting means and as an enclosure means for the boards. It willbe apparent, however, as the description oi my invention proceeds, that the ironing boar s may be readily mounted member which need not be in the form 0 a cabinet.

.The cabinet comprises vertically extending side walls 8, a top member 9, a bottom member 10,-and a back member 11 all con- I nected together in any desired manner and position and enclosed withi n 9521 preferablybuilt into the wall 12 ofja room.

After the cabinet is secured in place in the wall, a suitable casing 13 is provldedaround the cabinet to cover the joint between'the cabinet and the wall. The eabinetlis rovided with a door 14 which is connec at one side by means of hinges 15 to the adjacent portion of the casin 13 and is provided at the other side with a. l mob 16. V

The side walls 8 of the cabinet are provided with oppositely disposed, vertically extending guideways 17 the upperends of which terminate in a rounded laterally olfset and downwardly extending portion 18, see Fig. 5. The inner end of the ironing board 19 is secured to a transverse strip 20 which carries a air of trunnions 21 adapted to project into t e uideways-17. The outer or opposite end of 1; 1e board 19-is supported, when in horizontal position, by a supporting member, preferably consisting of a pair of legs 22 each of which are hingedly connected at one end to' the bottom of the board and at the other end to the bottom of the cabinet,

transversely extending brace'bars 23 being provided for the le 22.

The'inner end '0 thelsleeve board .24 is hingedly connected to atransversely extend-- dle portion of the board 24 adjacent its intically the. side walls of the cabinet.

. in 3, the supporting ner end ,is cut out, as at26, to provide room, when the board 2 1 is-swun 'to the vertical connected at one end to the ttom of the board 24 the other end of which is provided with trunnions 28 adapted to operate in verextendmg gui eways29 provided in 'Itwill now be apparent that when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2 nd the door 14 of the cabinet is opened, the board 19 maybe moved from the vertical position into the position shown in Fig. 3, the trunnions 21 riding upwardly in the guideways l? and slip ing into the. offset portions 18 thereof. he small board 24 may? now be moved from the position shown in ig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 3. When the board 24 is in the osition shown 2 bears against 1 the inner end of the boar? 19 and prevents any backward movement of the board 19 relative to the cabinet so that the board 19 wardly offset locking is efl'ectively locked withits trunnions in the .offset portions 18 of the guideways. The

the iron and the iron stand may be placed 4 when not in use.

I-"claim: 1. In combination" with a sup ting member having opposite sidetmem-beis provided with verticaily extending guide grooves terminating at their upper ends with rounded laterally Mint and down wardly extending pprtions to form locki parts, an ironing oard having. inner. on opposite trunnions which extenddntoaid gu ide grooves; said trunnions automatically .elilterin the locking portionsof the 'w en :rection-and automatically disengaging an.

e board is moved endwise in one di locking portions .oi the grooves when the boardis moved inrtheother dir'ectiom a leg member h-in "at its lower end to thehrwer portion. o f t e su portin member and'hgavhinge to the outer end ,mg up r en portlon of iilieironin board, and an ear jvm ns for locking the board: in 439, eratlvepositxon.

, 2. In combination with a op member having a bottom portion an site side portions provided with vertiea l; i

upper en s in rounded outwardly and downportions, an ironing board avin "inner on opposite trunnions extend-in vguide grooves terminating at their- '7 which exten into said guide grooves, said trunnions automatically entering the looking portions of the grooves when the board is pulled outwardly and automatically disengaging the said locking portions of the grooves when the board is pushed inwardly, and a leg member hinged at its lowerjend to the bottom portion of the supporting member and having its upper end hi a medial portion of the ironing boa In testimony whereof I allix I rnnnnnlo ii 

